Cologne's Carnival Brings Back Fond Memories

After seeing this, I really didn't want to write a post complaining about something wrong with the world. This video of the city of Cologne takes me back to my drunken teenage traveling days. This is carnival time in Europe and in Cologne(Koln)it is called Fasching. As a 19-year old I stepped out one morning from the main train station, next to the Cologne Cathedral and found myself surrounded by drinking, food, costumes, games and one hell of a parade.


I've never seen a parade where they hand out full sized Milka chocolate bars. Later, when I had my fill of chocolate and wurst, a friend took me to a local bar where they drink Kolsch, a light colored beer served in tall thin glasses. What a great time, not a memory I think of often but certainly a fond one...

MIT Will Make Your Car "Wicked Smart"

Soon, if the nerds at MIT have something to do with it, your car will have the equivalent of an R2 unit, mounted in the dashboard, In fact I predict that within the first year of production, someone will come up with a Star Wars package so you could have R2-D2 giving you advice.

I am really hoping that they find a way to make it be able to have autopilot, just think how that would reduce drinking and driving. Now drunks could stumble into the front seat, the robot detects your blood/alcohol level and then proceeds to turn on autopilot - which is preset to only drive you HOME!

Is This The Droid Your Are Looking For?

So, is the hype surrounding the Motorola Droid just that? Or does the Droid really give the Apple iPhone a run for its money. Well, in my opinion anything that says it's an 'iPhone killer' cannot be. Motorola and Verizon would not have to yell so loudly if it really did: the phone would speak for itself.

But don't listen to me, watch the video and find out what the so-called experts say:



I'll stick with my Blackberry thank you very much.